Jeb Corliss

Jeb Corliss

Jeb Corliss (born 1976) is a professional BASE jumper, skydiver, and wingsuit flyer.

Jeb is co-founder of 3 Triple 7, a clothing label.

He is currently planning and promoting the Wingsuit Landing Project, an attempt to land a wingsuit without a parachute, by building a massive ramp. [http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2007/12/14/intv.jeb.corliss.flying.suit.cnn]

Empire State Building jump

On April 27 2006, Corliss was arrested while attempting to jump from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Soon after this incident, Corliss was fired from his job as host of the Discovery Channel program Stunt Junkies and banned from all future Discovery Networks projects. Corliss was subsequently charged with first- and second-degree reckless endangerment. While both reckless endangerment charges were dismissed by the trial judge before trial, the second-degree reckless endangerment charge was reinstated on appeal, and Corliss is currently facing trial on that charge. [ [http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1204631593901 Law.com - Indictment Reinstated Over Corliss' Attempt to Parachute off Empire State Building ] ] He faces up to one year in prison if convicted.

In April 2007, the owners of the Empire State Building sued Corliss for $12 million in damages, claiming he had injured a security guard, damaged the building's reputation, and cost it money from lost business. On January 15, 2008, Corliss filed a $30 million counterclaim against the owners of the Empire State building, alleging unlawful imprisonment, defamation of character, emotional distress and loss of income. [ [http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1204631593901 Law.com - Indictment Reinstated Over Corliss' Attempt to Parachute off Empire State Building ] ]

References

* Corliss is featured in the last chapter of Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers: Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them, by Michael Abrams. ISBN 1-4000-5491-5.
*cite news |first=Amanda |last=Hartocollis|title=Foiled Daredevil Fares Better in Court |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/nyregion/18jumper.html?_r=1&oref=slogin|work= |publisher=The New York Times|date=January 18, 2007|accessdate=2007-01-18
*cite news |first= Bill|last=Hutchinson|title=Been there, leaped off that |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/412843p-349081c.html |work= |publisher= New York Daily News|date= April 28, 2006|accessdate=2007-01-18
* [http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/archive/non-parachute_landing.html Parachuteless Parachuting]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/sports/othersports/10flying.html?ex=1354942800&en=fa831ea44c1a5ff7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Flying Humans, Hoping to Land With No Chute - New York Times]

External links

* [http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/collections/fear/ Weekend America] - Interview with Jeb Corliss
* [http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2676552 Demo video]
* [http://www.gougoule.com/bonus/basejump.php A Year in the Life] - 2003 jumps around the world
* [http://www.pierretristam.com/Bobst/Archives/CN110606.htm Outlawing Creative Subversions]
*imdb title|id=0457370|title = The Ground is the Limit
* [http://www.myspace.com/threetripleseven MySpace]


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